Game board



G. G. MEvl Nov. 12, 1946.

GAME BOARD Filed April 15, 1945 'sheets-Sheet 1 IN ENTOR GEORGE sgr/nava l Nov. 12,1946. G. G. MEvl 2,410,988

GAME BOARD Filed April 13, 1945 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Nw. 12, 194e. G. G. MEW 2,410,988

GAME BOARD Filed April 13, 1945 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 'FE-:11D

. INVENTOR GEQRGE Gl. MEW

: r J r ATToEY f Patented Nov. 12, 1946 UNiTEo STATES.; PATE NT -QFFICE .GAME BOARD George G. Mevi', New York, N. Y. Application April 13, 1945, Serial No. 588,142 3 Claims. (Cl. 273-136) This invention relates to'game boards such as used in playing the game of `checkers and chess of the folding pocket size type shown in United States Letters Patent No. 2,327,314, issued to me August 17, 1943, and the object is to improve and simplify the book form of construction shownin that patent.

'I'he invention is illustrated in the ving drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan View of the game board folded in its book form and showing in dotted lines slidable trays and gaine pieces stored therein.

Figures 2 and 3 are end views looking from the right and lower edges, respectively, of Figure 1.

Figures 4 and 5 are cross-sectional views taken on the lines 4 4 and 5 5, respectively, of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a plan viewof the book game board opened and the drawers or slidable trays withdrawn fromthe housings in position for removal of the game pieces and .preparatory to unfolding the playing board overthe trays to the fully unfolded position indicated by broken lines to expose the playing surface.`

Figure 7 is an end view of the open book vas shown in Figure 6 looking at the lower end as shown in that ligure.

Figure 8 is a sidekviev.r of theY open book as shown in Figure 6 looking in the direction of the arrows 8 ofV that ligure.

Figure 9 is a side view similar to Figure 8` With the playing board-unfolded to the position indiaccompanyplan view illustrating the assemand its housing, and showing the form of the single sheet from which the housing is made before folding and sealing into enclosing form.

4 and 5, for the game pieces F.V

The covers A and B are made of stii boards,

g surfaces of the cover boards. The covering material for the boards forming the covers is and forming three rectangular narrow spaces which when the sheet is folded on the score lines .form the narrow sides [0a of the housings.

`and the playing board the trays are laid upon the housing sheet section 10, and then section 6 is bent on the scorings 9 and I0 and laid over the tray. Then sections 1 and 8 are bent on the scorings 9I0 over section 6 and glued thereto with the outer edges of sections 1 and 8 abutting to form a flat even surface as seen at I2 in Figure 11 This completes the tray housings with the trays enclosed between the pair of stops II. The tray housings are then glued to the cover boards A--B with the housings spaced apart and the open ends in alignment as shown in Figure 11, applied to the inner side of the cover hinge 2, or to the adjacent edges of the tray housings, so that when the book is closed the adjacent edges of the housings will be secured to the inner side of the cover hinge 2. Thus when the book is opened the hinge 2 will 'fold inward as seen in Figure 12. ,Y

nated paper board to provide the desired depth for the game pieces and punched out as seen in Figures 6 and 10 to provide a frame-like shape having a front edge I3, sides I4 of uniform width, and inner side I5 of approximately double the width of sides I3 and I4 and of greater length than the front I3 to provide a pair of lugs or stops 1G which will contact the lateral sides of the housings and engage the housing stops II when the tray is withdrawn. The stops II and I6 thus serve both as guides for the trays in sliding within the housings and as stops to prevent complete withdrawal of the trays from the housings as seen in Figure 6, and when so withdrawn the trays serve as supports for the playing board when fully unfolded as seen in Figures 6 and 9. The tray bottoms I1 are separate pieces of heavy paper or other suitable material, stamped out to the same shape as the tray frames except the lugs I6, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 10, plus a semi-circular projection I8 to form a tab for withdrawing the tray, and these tray bottoms are glued to the undersides of tray frames I3--I5. The thickness of the game pieces F will govern the depth of the trays, and the depthl of the trays will govern the Width between scorings 9-Il to provide the proper width of the housing sides I0".

A-B, game board C, tray housings D, and E are made up as separate units preparatory within the housings and the housings to the covers, C is attached as the final step in the assembly as indicated in broken lines in Figure 12 by gluing the two sections of onehalf of the playing board upon the tray housing sections 1 and 8. When thus secured the playing board may be folded in half as seen in Figures 6 and 8, and with the trays fully housed the whole assembly may be folded into book form as seen in Figures 1, 2 and 3.

What I claim is:

1. A game board of the class described, comprising a pair of cover-boards, a pair of individual if tray housings secured to the cover-boards, a slidable tray in each housing, said trays having less width than the housings and a folding playing board mounted upon ings, said cover-boards, ing board being adapted to fold into book form, each tray housing being composed of a single sheet of material cut to form sections for folding into box-like shape open at one end and adapted to be secured to the cover-boards, a pair of stops fixed at the open end of each housing serving as closures for the spaces between tray and housing sides, and a pair of laterally projecting stops at the inner end of each tray adapted to engage the housing stops to limit withdrawal of the tray and said housing and tray stops having sliding contact with the tray and housing sides, respectively, serving as guides for the sliding trays.

2. In a game board as defined in claim 1, a tray housing in box-like form open at one end and made from a single sheet of material cut to provide a square section for one side of the box, an

adjacent square section for the opposite side of the box, two rectangular shaped sections projecting from the first named square section adapted to fold over the second named square section and constitute therewith a two-ply side for the box, and three narrow rectangular sections defined by parallel scorings extending between the two 'square sections and between the first named square section and the two rectangular sections on which scorings the sheet is folded to form the five closed sides of the box.

3. In a game board as defined in claim 1, a tray composed of a frame stamped from a board to form four integral sides and two laterally projecting lugs at one end, and a sheet secured to one side of the frame to constitute the bottom of the tray and having a tab projecting from one edge for withdrawing the tray from the housing.

GEORGE G. MEVI. 

